Cossack Hetmanate
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The Cossack Hetmanate, officially the Zaporozhian Host, was a stratocratic state established by Registered Cossacks in Dnieper Ukraine. Its territory was located mostly in the region of Central Ukrain
A 1651 engraving of Bohdan Khmelnytsky with hetman's regalia by Willem Hondius
Personal seal of Ivan Vyhovsky as hetman and Prince of Ruthenia
Oath of the Polish king Jan II Kazimierz on the Treaty of Hadiach
Partition of the Cossack Hetmanate after the Truce of Andrusovo (1667)
Stratocracy
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A stratocracy is a form of government headed by military chiefs. The branches of government are administered by military forces, the government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, an
Cossack Hetmanate
…The Cossack Hetmanate (Ukrainian: Гетьма́нщина; see other names), officially the Zaporozhian Host, was a stratocratic state established by Registered Cossacks in Dnieper Ukraine. Its territory was located mostly in the region of Central Ukraine, as well as in parts of…
Portrait of Robert Filmer, the first person to use the term stratocracy in English.
Banner of the Dey of Algiers, Victor Hugo museum, Paris.
Senior General Than Shwe who was the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council from 1992 to 2011.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned of a "military–industrial complex" in his farewell address.